diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c
index 68671a2b8b7f2c21eb1a5a8a201bc557498960ed..4a990f4da4ea95254fda1e6c233e202e86ad6cea 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_dbg.c
@@ -149,11 +149,9 @@ qla24xx_pause_risc(struct device_reg_24xx __iomem *reg)
 	int rval = QLA_SUCCESS;
 	uint32_t cnt;
 
-	if (RD_REG_DWORD(&reg->hccr) & HCCRX_RISC_PAUSE)
-		return rval;
-
 	WRT_REG_DWORD(&reg->hccr, HCCRX_SET_RISC_PAUSE);
-	for (cnt = 30000; (RD_REG_DWORD(&reg->hccr) & HCCRX_RISC_PAUSE) == 0 &&
+	for (cnt = 30000;
+	    ((RD_REG_DWORD(&reg->host_status) & HSRX_RISC_PAUSED) == 0) &&
 	    rval == QLA_SUCCESS; cnt--) {
 		if (cnt)
 			udelay(100);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_fw.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_fw.h
index 9e56d4a4cb7525d8812b46e2fe32080c1a0d4457..dfde2dd865cbfea7008c9f104fc9c69873e24e20 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_fw.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_fw.h
@@ -878,7 +878,6 @@ struct device_reg_24xx {
 					/* HCCR statuses. */
 #define HCCRX_HOST_INT		BIT_6	/* Host to RISC interrupt bit. */
 #define HCCRX_RISC_RESET	BIT_5	/* RISC Reset mode bit. */
-#define HCCRX_RISC_PAUSE	BIT_4	/* RISC Pause mode bit. */
 					/* HCCR commands. */
 					/* NOOP. */
 #define HCCRX_NOOP		0x00000000